Firearm.



T. C. JOHNSON.

FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJI, 1914.

5 1 9 1 Qu 1 m J d e t H 6 t a D1 THOMAS C. JOHNSON, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, .ASSIGNOR TO WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS 00., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. A CORPORATION.

FIREARM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. JOHNSON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Firearms; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a fulL clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a broken view in side elevation of a gun having its receiver provided at its forward end with a depending abutmentlug constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2, a broken detached view of the forward end of the receiver, showing my improved depending abutment-lug. Fig. 3, a view in vertical section on the line A-B of Fig. 2, looking forward toward the rear face of the abutment-lug. Fig. 4, a detached view of .the receiver in front elevation. Fig. 5, a view in rear elevation of the forearm. Fig. 6, a view in front elevation of the butt-stock.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of small arms in which thestock of the arm is divided into a butt-stock and a forearm, the object being to prevent these parts from being splintered during the heavy shocks of recoil, especially in bolt Vith these ends in view, my invention consists in a gun having its receiver provided at its forward end with a depending abutment-lug, the forward and rear faces of which are respectively adapted to support the rear end of the forearm and the forward end of the butt-stock.

My 'invention further consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts as will be hereinafter pointed out and described in the claims.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I form a heavy depending recoiltaking abutment-lug 2 upon the forward end of the receiver 3, which may be of any approved construction. By preference, the said lug 2 is made integral with the forward end of the receiver 3, though that is not imperative. The forward face of the lug 2 is formed, as shown, with a large, shallow recess 4 for the reception of a corresponding tenon 5 formed upon the rear end of the forestock 6, the front end of which is firmly fastened to the barrel 7 in any one of a "ariety of ways, well understood. The barrel 7 is screwed in the usual manner into the re,- ceiver 3, the entrance of the tenon 5 into the shallow recess 4 preventing the barre], 7 from unscrewing in case for any reason it works loose. As shown, the rear face of the lug 2 is formed with three shallow cuts or recesses 8, 9 and 10 forming socket-s for the reception of corresponding tenons 11, 12 and 13 formed upon the forward end of the butt-stock 14, the rear end of which is supported in any convenient manner.

Inasmuch as the lug 2 is a relatively heavy part and formed directly upon the receh'er, it is able to withstand the heavy shocks of recoil resulting from the firing of largecartridges in the gun. As shown, the front and rear surfaces of this lug 2 are left with large, flat areas for the abutment of the forearm and butt-stock. Thus, the bottom 15 of the recess 4 constitutes a large area to receive the impact of the fiat face of the tenon 5 at the time of recoil, while the fiatrear face 16 of the lug 2 forms a large, flat surface for impingement upon the flat forward end of the butt-stock 14 at the time of recoil. The particular formation of the front and rear faces of the abutment-lug 2 to adapt it to receive and support and take the thrusts of recoil of the forearm and butt-stock may be considerably varied, and I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown.- I call particular attention to the fact that in its external contour the lug 2 conforms to the contours of the forearm 6,and butt-stock 14 so as to unite them in a continuous line and form, in a sense, a continuation of both.

I claim:

1. A fire arm having its receiver provided at its forward end with a depending abutment-lug the forward and rear faces of which are adapted to receive and support the adjacent ends of the forearm and buttstock of the firearm, the said ends being separated by a large, flat recoil-taking surlface forming an integral part of the said 2. A fire arm having its receiver provided at its forward end with a depending, integral abutment-lug the forwardand rear faces of which are recessed to receive and support the adjacent ends of the forearm and butt-stock of the firearm, the said ends being separated by a large, flat recoil-taking surface forming the bottom of each recess itlld constituting an integral part of the said 3. A fire arm having its receiver provided at its forward end with a depending abutment-lug the forward and rear faces of which are recessed to receive and support the adjacent ends of the forearm and buttstock of the gun to which the external contour of the said lug conforms so as to virtually form a continuation of each, the said Copies of this patent may be obtained for recess having a flat bottom and its rear face formed with one or more cuts or recesses, of a forearm provided at its rear end with a tenon adapted to fit into 'the said recess in the forward face of the said lug, and a butt-stock adapted at its forward end to fit into the cut or cuts. in the rear face of the said lug the exterior lines of which conform to the lines of the adjal cent ends of the forearm and butt-stock so that it constitutes a virtual continuation of the said parts, the adjacent ends of the said forestock and forearm being separated by a large flat recoil-takin surface constituting an integral part of he said lug.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- THOMAS C. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

FREDERIO C. EARLE,

FRANK A. PAUL.

five cents each, by addressing the f Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. v 

